(Yicai Global) Aug. 9 -- China's mainland stock markets fell off again after opening higher this morning, yielding their hard-won gains as lunch approached.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed 0.37 percent lower at 2,784.09 at the recess. The Shenzhen Component Index dipped to 8,838.2, down 0.91 percent and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, slipped 0.62 percent to 1,513.57. 

Editor: Ben Armour